[olug] Moving Mailman lists off-site

[Jon Larsen]

I think Linode would be a good fit.  You get your own linux box to setup 
and manage.  That's what OLUG is running on.

512 MB RAM, 16 GB storage, 200GB transfer, $20 a month.

On Fri, 6 May 2011, T. J. Brumfield wrote:

> Date: Fri, 6 May 2011 14:35:06 -0500
> From: T. J. Brumfield <enderandrew at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
> To: Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
> Subject: Re: [olug] Moving Mailman lists off-site
> 
> I have a list of Nighthawks Fan Club members. I'm up to 2,800 people. I
> tried running that on a paid host, but the host refuses to mail anything
> beyond 500. I can't mail directly from Gmail, because they won't let you
> send more than 500 messages in a day.
> 
> I'm wondering if I should just install a SMTP server on my own, but my
> understanding was that Cox blocks those ports to prevent spammers and you
> can't run a SMTP server at home with Cox.
> 
> Is there a good local solution for running a mailman list of 500+ users?
> 
> -- T. J.
> 
> On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 2:29 PM, Obi-Wan <obiwan at jedi.com> wrote:
> 
> > > If you have a couple mailman lists on your mailserver, but wanted to move
> > > to google mail handling, how would you use them with Google Apps for
> > Domains?
> >
> > That reminds me...
> >
> > I'm not interested in switching to gmail, but I've got a handful of
> > mailman lists running on my personal box, and I'd like to move them
> > off to something outside my home in an effort to return my desktop
> > box to more of just a desktop.  These are all low traffic lists with
> > no more than 100 members on the largest one.  Most are less than 30
> > members.
> >
> > What's the best/cheapest alternative out there for hosting such a list?
> > I want to keep them private; no web archiving or other bling required.
> > The ability to allow largish attachments is a plus -- something I don't
> > currently allow due to bandwidth limitations.
> >
> > --
> > Ben "Obi-Wan" Hollingsworth                             obiwan at jedi.com
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